Message from @Jacob

Discord ID: 455876646503710730


2018-06-11 18:18:19 UTC  

Yeah it was definitely mean mugging us.

2018-06-11 18:19:57 UTC  

yeah they all look pretty stern

2018-06-11 18:38:09 UTC  

We're also checking out some more bins. I definitely prefer the stairs over the ladder. Luckily these bins are pretty small.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/453241577062662146/455802937180946443/20180611_130822.jpg

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/453241577062662146/455802938103955477/20180611_125814.jpg

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/453241577062662146/455802938862993418/20180611_131157.jpg

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/453241577062662146/455802939487813662/20180611_125545.jpg

2018-06-11 18:39:33 UTC  

There were a couple of baby birds on the steps.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/453241577062662146/455803292707061790/20180611_130517.jpg

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/453241577062662146/455803293281550356/20180611_131004.jpg

2018-06-11 19:23:06 UTC  

Do you get time and a half, it is it just straight pay?

2018-06-11 19:44:24 UTC  

Straight up pay. I also don't have paid time off, but I actually kind of prefer it that way because my boss is much more willing to let me go for a couple of days than they were at the factory I worked at before. They don't even track my time off. If I want to go camping or something I just let them know and I take off.

2018-06-11 19:48:57 UTC  

I don't do this job because I make a lot of money. With my work experience from the Navy I could probably pretty easily pull 6 figures working at a nuclear power plant. I do this because I love the freedom, being close to my family, and eventually I'd like to farm for myself. Honestly I'm kind of treating this experience as a school I don't have to pay for.

2018-06-11 19:53:20 UTC  

Absolutely, I was just curious

2018-06-11 20:00:37 UTC  

Yeah. I love my job and I think other IE guys would probably like this sort of work too, but I'm worried that some idealistic young identitaraian might get it into their head that this is easy and they can make good money doing it. That's definitely not the case. If they're looking for the experience than I'd say definitely do it but they should have a plan to build on that experience.

2018-06-11 20:08:46 UTC  

Farming is only good money if you own the land, and then, most of your net worth is in land and heavy equipment. My cousin's father in law is worth a few million dollars, but almost none of that is liquid

2018-06-11 20:08:57 UTC  

At least in NY

2018-06-11 20:45:26 UTC  

Yeah we call it being asset rich and cash poor. It also takes a lot of self discipline. Lots of farmers gamble it all away. My dad said it takes 3 generations for a farm to get rich and the 4th usually loses it all.

2018-06-11 20:48:30 UTC  

Fortunately, he's 7th gen or something

2018-06-11 20:49:00 UTC  

And my cousin is pretty level headed

2018-06-11 21:18:50 UTC  

@Der Seeteufel - SD "Honestly I'm kind of treating this experience as a school I don't have to pay for." Smart! Getting someone else to pay you to learn a new skill is a valuable skill in itself, something I'm trying to learn myself.

2018-06-11 23:23:33 UTC  

Filling up the sunflower planters. Hopefully we can get started tomorrow.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/453241577062662146/455874763554816011/20180611_171156.jpg

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/453241577062662146/455874764192612372/20180611_171211.jpg

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/453241577062662146/455874764679020566/20180611_171749.jpg

2018-06-11 23:24:36 UTC  

That looks like an insane amount

2018-06-11 23:24:44 UTC  

How much are you planting?

2018-06-11 23:27:35 UTC  

Hahaha that's nothing. We're planting 5000 acres. We have three of these planters and I'll be running seeds all day if the fields are dry.

2018-06-11 23:29:22 UTC  

Once I get back up to the shop I'll post another picture. That will blow your mind.

2018-06-11 23:31:02 UTC  

How many sunflowers will grow out of that?

2018-06-11 23:32:36 UTC  

About 90% of these seeds will grow. Corn is about 96-97%

2018-06-11 23:33:56 UTC  

If you want a count of how many plants that amounts to I have no idea.

2018-06-11 23:35:44 UTC  

My boss might have a rough guess, but an acre is the size of a football field so needless to say it's hard to count how many flowers are on 5000 football fields.

2018-06-11 23:39:32 UTC  

My boss says about 18500 plants per acre.

2018-06-11 23:40:22 UTC  
2018-06-11 23:42:10 UTC  

We plant about 1.2 million wheat seeds per acre.

2018-06-11 23:42:49 UTC  

We do about 5000 acres of wheat too.

2018-06-11 23:44:03 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/453241577062662146/455879923995901954/20180611_130325.jpg

2018-06-11 23:44:28 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/453241577062662146/455880026584252416/20180611_130004.jpg

2018-06-12 00:03:59 UTC  

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/453241577062662146/455884941004374016/20180611_131157.jpg

2018-06-12 00:04:46 UTC  

I figured that I'd repost the bins for scale.

2018-06-12 00:14:51 UTC  

Also all of the smaller bins on the left are seed bins.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/453241577062662146/455887671492083733/20180524_204131.jpg

2018-06-12 00:19:18 UTC  

Except for one. One is a pidgeon bin because it was left open one year when it was almost empty and no one wants to clean it out.

2018-06-12 01:37:44 UTC  

Haven't made it back to the shop yet. Still prepping for tomorrow.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/453241577062662146/455908530466193428/20180611_195629.jpg

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/453241577062662146/455908530466193429/20180611_203318.jpg

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/453241577062662146/455908531351060480/20180611_200022.jpg

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2018-06-12 01:46:02 UTC  

(My boss is aware that his license plate is visible) If antifa wants to call him he'll just ask if you're Jewish.

2018-06-12 01:47:19 UTC  

Waist high by the 4th of July!

2018-06-12 02:00:07 UTC  

@Jacob These totes are all full of seed.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/453241577062662146/455914166616588291/20180611_205908.jpg

2018-06-12 02:01:30 UTC  

And these are all of the ones we've used so far.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/453241577062662146/455914514341298216/20180611_210045.jpg

2018-06-12 02:16:45 UTC  

Also apparently someone loaded the seed truck. Which was nice of them.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/453241577062662146/455918350564851722/20180611_211514.jpg

2018-06-12 02:25:57 UTC  

I see my dog made it into the picture again. She loves being useful. I left her at the shop all day today. Maybe she learned how to drive a forklift.😂